Clinicopathological study of acral melanoma in situ in 44 japanese patients?

Dermatology

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 192-197

  Kato, T ^a   Kumasaka, N ^a   Suetake, T ^a   Tabata, N ^a   Tagami, H ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acral lentiginous melanoma in situ; Growing pigmented nail band; Melanoma in situ

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; MOUTH MUCOSA; NAIL; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSORIASIS;

EID: 0029803680     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000246244     Document Type: Article

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